the following facts have been obtained by sleeper by: word of mouth, personal conversations with members of SDRE/the SDRE management, Different SDRE lists, and other similar resources sleeper has collected over the past few years.
Diary era facts...
*Formed in 1992
*Sunny Day Real Estate was: Jeremy Enigk, William Goldsmith, Dan Hoerner, and Nate Mendel from 1992 until 1995
*Originally had their own label: "One Day I Stopped Breathing"
*On May 10th 1994 their first full length album, "Diary," became available to the public
*"Grendel" was named after a character in Jeremy's favorite book from high school, "Beowulf."
*"Jump the Elvis Candy Bar" means to Jeremy:"Jump the Elvis Candy Bar sounded funny. I did it to show that I didn't need to be serious."
*Janna Williamson tells where the name "Pheurton-Skeurto" came from:"Actually the bird is neither mine nor Greg's, "Pheurton" is a bird that William bought for his girlfriend at the time. I don't think that the song was written for the bird, I think the 'word' was just in heavy rotation at the time both the song and the bird were named."
*"Rodeo Jones"(of later Lp2 album) was originally supposed to be on "Diary," but the band decided to stop at 11 tracks instead.
*The lyrics "December's tragic drive" is Jeremy's reflection on "the depression I feel in December."
*The lyrics in the CD booklet for "Diary" are for the original version of "48," which was never released to the public but can be found on the "In Circles" promo CD.
*They toured extensively throughout 1994
*Never played as a full band in the state of California (Dan Hoerner had something against the state)
*SDRE was also known as: "Thief Steal Me A Peach," "One Day I Stopped Breathing," "Empty Set," and "Chewbacca Kaboom."
*One day Dan and Nate decided:"Everything in this world is bought and sold soon they are going to try and sell our sunny days." The name was born (and stuck).
